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2018 Awards

The 63rd Cork Film Festival Awards Ceremony took place at the Triskel on Sunday 18 November 2018 hosted by Dave MacArdle (Red FM)

Cork Film Festival Youth Jury Award - Winner

Crystal Swan
Director - Darya Zhuk

Cork Film Festival Candidate For The European Film Awards 2019 - Winner

Black Sheep
Director - Ed Perkins

Documentary Short Award - Winner

Black Line (Ligne Noir)
Directors - Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi

Best Cork Short Award - Winner

Presented By: Private: Red FM
The Shift
Director - Megan K Fox

Best Director: Irish Short – Winner - Winner

Supported By Screen Directors Guild Ireland
Oonagh Kearney
(Five letters to the stranger who will dissect my brain)

Grand Prix International Short Award - Winner

Academy Award® Qualifying Category
Schoolyard Blues (Skolstartssorg)
Director - Maria Eriksson

Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise - Winner

Award for Cinematic Documentary
documentary, hale county this morning this evening, sundance film festival, award winning, cork film festival
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Director - RaMell Ross

Inventing Tomorrow – Laura Nix

No Greater Law – Tom Dumican

Same God – Linda Midgett

The Gospel of Eureka – Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher

Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle

Town of Strangers – Treasa O’Brien

What Walaa Wants – Christy Garland

Gradam Spiorad Na Féile - Winner

(Spirit of the Festival Award)
Presented By: The Gate Cinema
Border (Gräns)
Director - Ali Abbasi

Diane – Kent Jones

Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda

Sorry to Bother You – Boots Riley

Tel Aviv on Fire – Sameh Zoabi

The Dig – Andrew Tohill, Ryan Tohill

The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos

The Old Man & the Gun – David Lowery

Audience Award - Winner

Presented By: The River Lee
Float Like A Butterfly
Writer and director - Carmel Winters

Crystal Swan – Darya Zhuk

Girl – Lukas Dhont

I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians – Radu Jude

Mug – Malgorzata Szumowska

Night Comes On – Jordana Spiro

One Day – Zsófia Szilágyi

This Teacher – Mark Jackson

Grand Prix Irish Short Award - Winner

Academy Award® Qualifying Category
Presented By: RTÉ
Stigma
Director - Helen Warner

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